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Sale of the effects of the late
Lieutenant Pearson Boyd 42nd Native Infantry by Public Auction Debroogurh 11th January 1864 |
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Names of Articles |
Rupees |
Annas |
Pies |
Purchaser |
|
1
Iron Chair |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Major
Gibb |
|
1
Iron Chair |
8 |
8 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
1
Double Blanket |
19 |
8 |
0 |
Rajputty Naich? |
|
1
Suit Colored Clothes |
13 |
0 |
0 |
John |
|
1
Uniform Box |
9 |
8 |
0 |
Lieutt Smith |
|
1
Gold Ring |
10 |
8 |
0 |
Lieutt Woodhouse |
|
1
Camp Cot |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
1
Cotton Rug |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Major
Gibb |
|
1
Trunk |
9 |
8 |
0 |
Rajputty |
|
2
Tin Boxes |
0 |
12 |
0 |
Lieutt Evans |
|
1
Dressing Bag |
11 |
0 |
0 |
Ditto |
|
1 ˝
Bag Of Shots |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Ditto |
|
1
Flask of Powder |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Mr
Collins |
|
1
Brass Lamp |
10 |
8 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
1
Silk Sash |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Sergeant
Farlis |
|
1
Shug? Belt |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Private
Jack |
|
1
Uniform Cap |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Sergeant
Farlis |
|
1
Felt Helmet |
1 |
4 |
0 |
Mr
Collins |
|
1
Felt Hat |
1 |
8 |
0 |
Corpl Porter |
|
1 Regtl Shell Jacket |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Major
Gibb |
|
4
White Shirts |
4 |
8 |
0 |
Private
Jack |
|
4
White Shirts |
4 |
12 |
0 |
John |
|
3
White Shirts |
4 |
4 |
0 |
Private
Jack |
|
3
White Trowsers |
3 |
8 |
0 |
Private
Shaw |
|
4
White Trowsers |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Rajputty |
|
4
White Trowsers |
2 |
2 |
0 |
John |
|
1 Musquito Curtain |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
2 Colored Trowsers |
2 |
14 |
0 |
John |
|
3
White Coats |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Major
Gibb’s servant |
|
3
White Coats |
2 |
8 |
0 |
Private
Hume |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Carried
Over Rs |
173 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1
White Regimental Coat |
1 |
2 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
2
Flannel Shirts |
4 |
2 |
0 |
Sergeant
Farlis |
|
2
Flannel Shirts |
4 |
12 |
0 |
Major
Gibb’s servant |
|
1 Colored Warm Trowser |
2 |
4 |
0 |
Private
Hume |
|
2
Flannel Trowsers |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Sergeant
Glenday |
|
1
Silk Pyjama |
0 |
8 |
0 |
Corporal
Dempsey |
|
2 Dozen
Collars |
0 |
8 |
0 |
Corporal
Hartley |
|
1 Glengary Cap |
0 |
7 |
0 |
A
Native |
|
3
Banians* |
4 |
4 |
0 |
Sergeant
Farlis |
|
3
Banians |
5 |
8 |
0 |
John |
|
3
Corduroy Trowsers |
3 |
4 |
0 |
John |
|
3 Colored Waistcoats |
1 |
11 |
0 |
Kothbully Khan |
|
1
Coat And Waistcoat |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Rambhunjar Singh |
|
1
Pipe Cleaner, Picker & Tongs (Silver) |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Dr
White’s servant |
|
6
Pairs Socks |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
3
Pairs Merino Socks |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
3
Pairs Merino Socks |
3 |
5 |
0 |
Lieutt Smith |
|
3
Pairs Merino Socks |
3 |
4 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
6
Pairs White Socks |
1 |
8 |
0 |
Private
Cuthbert |
|
5
Pairs White Socks |
1 |
8 |
0 |
Private
Jack |
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2
Pairs Shoes |
2 |
14 |
0 |
Private
Jack |
|
1
Pair Long Boots |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Private
Clements |
|
2
Pairs Boots |
3 |
10 |
0 |
Sergeant
Farlis |
|
1
Black Coat |
5 |
8 |
0 |
Baboo Bunseedhur |
|
1
Black Flannel Coat |
2 |
6 |
0 |
Drill
Havildar |
|
1
Teapoy* |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Lieutt Evans |
|
|
|
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Carried
over Rs |
251 |
5 |
0 |
|
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1
Haversack |
0 |
12 |
0 |
Lieutt Evans |
|
1
Umbrella |
1 |
2 |
0 |
Lieutt Evans |
|
1
Regimental black trowser |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Dr
White’s servant |
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1
table cloth |
4 |
4 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
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2
towels |
1 |
6 |
0 |
Private
Cuthbert |
|
5
napkins |
1 |
11 |
0 |
Lieutt Smith |
|
2
pillow cases |
0 |
8 |
0 |
Corporal
Hartley |
|
4
handkerchiefs |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Corporal
Hartley |
|
1
neck cloth |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Corporal
Dempsey |
|
2
bed sheets |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Major
Gibb |
|
3
white waistcoats |
0 |
6 |
0 |
Private
Myers |
|
3
pyjamas |
1 |
6 |
0 |
Drill
Havildar |
|
2
pyjamas |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Corporal
Hartley |
|
2
pieces white cloth |
0 |
12 |
0 |
Colly Charn Lall |
|
1 Punkah*
fringe |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Major
Gibb |
|
3
quires foolscap |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Corporal
Hartley |
|
4
pair white socks |
0 |
1 |
6 |
Corporal
Dempsey |
|
2
pieces of cloth |
0 |
1 |
6 |
Private
Jack |
|
1 punkah* |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Corporal
Dempsey |
|
2
boxes of sardines |
1 |
8 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
1
bottle of brandy |
2 |
4 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
1
pair of gloves |
0 |
9 |
0 |
Private
Kearnes |
|
1
bottle of pickle |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
2
bottles essence of coffee |
1 |
4 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
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1 single
barrel gun and case |
32 |
0 |
0 |
Baboo Bunseedhur |
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Tobacco |
2 |
8 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
Soap
dish & 2 cakes of soap |
2 |
12 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
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Carried
over Rs |
317 |
14 |
6 |
|
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1
looking glass |
0 |
11 |
0 |
Private
Cuthbert |
|
Lead
bullets |
0 |
10 |
0 |
Baboo Bunseedhur |
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1
ink bottle |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
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2 tins of barley |
0 |
12 |
0 |
Lieutt Smith |
|
1
mattress |
1 |
10 |
0 |
Gunga Deen |
|
6
forks |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Lieutt Smith |
|
1
lot knife fork &c |
1 |
12 |
0 |
Private
Clements |
|
1
lot knife fork &c |
2 |
9 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
1
corkscrew |
0 |
8 |
0 |
Lieutt Smith |
|
1 pestle
& mortar |
1 |
4 |
0 |
Sergeant
Farlis |
|
10
pieces of crockery |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Sergeant
Farlis |
|
2
tumblers |
0 |
13 |
0 |
Sergeant
Farlis |
|
1 chilumchee* |
2 |
12 |
0 |
Mr
Collins |
|
1
saucepan |
0 |
10 |
0 |
Mr
Collins |
|
1
kettle |
0 |
12 |
0 |
Sergeant
Farlis |
|
1
frying pan |
0 |
8 |
0 |
Lieutt Smith |
|
1 saucepan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
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1 chulah* |
0 |
10 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
1
tobacco pouch |
0 |
10 |
0 |
Private
Johnson |
|
2
brushes & 1 comb |
1 |
2 |
0 |
Mr
Collins |
|
1
jar |
0 |
8 |
0 |
A
Native |
|
1
mat |
0 |
9 |
0 |
Dril Havildar |
|
1
bottle of oil |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Sergeant
Farlis |
|
|
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Carried
over Rs |
340 |
15 |
6 |
|
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1
bottle of gingerade |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Sergeant
Glenday |
|
1
chest of drawers |
3 |
8 |
0 |
Lieutt Evans |
|
1
chest of drawers |
6 |
4 |
0 |
Lieutt Smith |
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1
jug |
0 |
6 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
|
1
teapot earthen handle broken |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Private
Shaw |
|
1
lanthorn |
0 |
12 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
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1 bottle
of sauce & Ľ of oatmeal |
0 |
5 |
0 |
Private
Pottell |
|
2
small bottles |
0 |
5 |
0 |
Private
Kearnes |
|
2 morahs* |
0 |
11 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
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Some
buttons |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Private
Jack |
|
Jangheas* |
1 |
0 |
0 |
A
Native |
|
1
razor |
0 |
8 |
0 |
Private
Kearnes |
|
1
fringe |
0 |
0 |
9 |
A
Native |
|
2 toothbrushes |
0 |
2 |
0 |
John |
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Shoehorns |
0 |
6 |
0 |
A
Native |
|
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Carried
over Rs |
355 |
13 |
3 |
|
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Pipe
without a stem |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Private
Shaw |
|
2
pillows |
0 |
8 |
0 |
Rhymbase |
|
2
boxes |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Private
Johnson |
|
Lamp
wicks |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Lieutt Oldhelm |
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Rubbish |
0 |
4 |
0 |
A
Native |
|
1 Burnee* |
0 |
5 |
0 |
Lieutt Smith |
|
12
empty bottles |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Corporal
Dempsey |
|
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Grand
total Rs |
357 |
4 |
0 |
|
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Deduct
auctioneer’s comn. |
17 |
13 |
9 |
At
5 per cent |
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Total
Rupees |
339 |
6 |
3 |
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Banian - an under-shirt or
vest. Wikipedia Teapoy – originally a
three-legged table, also a table with a container for tea. Wikipedia Punkah - a large swinging
fan, fixed to the ceiling. Wikipedia And the following were
found from random sources: Chilumchee - a washing basin Chulah - a [wood-burning] stove for cooking Morah - a bamboo stool Jangheas - breeches or shorts Burnee - a large earthenware jar |
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Estate of Lieutt Pearson Boyd Dec'd. Inventory filed 11th May 1865. C.J. Davis, Chief Clerk. Estate Pearson Boyd late a Lieutenant in HM's 42 Regt Assam Lt
Infantry Date of Administration 6 September 1864 : Intestate Inventory Wearing apparel, a Gold
ring, Sundry pieces of furniture, variety of Small Articles, Sold by
Committee of adjustment Debraghur & nett
proceeds remitted R339.6.3 A Double Rifle, 1 pair
pocket pistols, 1 Fishing Rod, 2 Portmanteaus & some clothing made over
to Mr W.B. [William Boyd] Buckle for the mother of deceased on payment of
Rupees 111.0.0 Sundries and Books sold by
Messrs Mackenzie Lyall &Co. & nett proceeds received 34.13.3 [Total] R. 485.3.6 Reserved effects 1 Sword 5 religious books,
4 likenesses & old Cashbox, a Copper Card plate and some letters : made
over to the Uncle Mr W.B. Buckle of Berhampore to
be sent to the Mother of Deceased [signed] C.S. Hogg
Administrator General |
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Inventory
of Claims against the Estate of the late Lieutenant Pearson Boyd 42nd
Assam Light Infantry. Debroogurh 19th
March 1864 |
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Number |
Names |
Address |
Amount rupees |
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1 |
Robert
Nunn |
Calcutta |
8 |
0 |
0 |
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2 |
Bissonath Law & Co. |
Calcutta |
138 |
10 |
0 |
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3 |
Gilbert
& Co. |
Calcutta |
70 |
0 |
0 |
|
4 |
Harman
& Co. Tailors |
Calcutta |
163 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
Rankin
& Co. Tailors |
Calcutta |
159 |
8 |
0 |
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6 |
Spence’s
Hotel Co. Ltd. |
Calcutta |
477 |
1 |
0 |
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7 |
Great
Eastern Hotel Co. Ltd |
Calcutta |
257 |
1 |
0 |
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8 |
Hamilton
& Co. |
Calcutta |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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9 |
Lieutt. Bartleman |
Gowhatty |
80 |
0 |
0 |
|
10 |
Ghose
Deett Banker |
Debroogurh |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
11 |
Jhurrudo Merchant |
Debroogurh |
30 |
2 |
0 |
|
12 |
Heridoo Merchant |
Gowhatty |
40 |
0 |
0 |
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13 |
Sheick Oomur Merchant |
Debroogurh |
137 |
11 |
0 |
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14 |
Alla Bux Merchant |
Debroogurh |
130 |
4 |
0 |
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Total
Rupees Two thousand one hundred & ninety four & five annas |
2194 |
5 |
0 |
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